The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

From 2017-18 to 2021-22, districts with more economically disadvantaged students and Black and Latino students gave out more such suspensions per capita than their more affluent, whiter counterparts. He had a passion for drawing that made art class his favorite, followed by math and history. He liked getting to see friends every day.

Tutoring 96

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2019

His “quiet and relentless advocacy brought hundreds of African Americans into space industry jobs in the Deep South, helping to shift perceptions of black people in ways both subtle and profound,” wrote Michael Fletcher in the story.

Charter School 96

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A school social worker summarized the encounter: “Discussed students’ attendance history, the impact it has on the student and barriers. The only face-to-face meeting was in October 2021, when Tameka sent her kids on the bus, only to learn they weren’t enrolled. The social worker said the school would take care of the uniforms.

Public School 79

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s unfair, it’s discriminatory, and it disadvantages already economically disadvantaged kids,” said Jack Fletcher, co-founder of the Texas Center for Learning Disabilities in Houston and one of the first scientists to question the discrepancy model’s validity. Often these schools also use the discrepancy model to determine whom to admit.)

Psychology 145

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MPSA

OCTOBER 12, 2021

They created the entry on Settler colonialism in Canada , describing the important history of the displacement and mistreatment of Canada’s indigenous populations by European settlers. in history and brings extensive experience in higher education and academia to Wiki Education. Helaine has a Ph.D.

Political Science 52

Political Science Human Rights History Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Colleges and universities usually require 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree but students graduate with about 135, on average, according to data compiled by Complete College America, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. Instead of taking some random history course, you might choose “History of Science,” which counts toward both F.S.U.’s

Archaeology 68

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Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 26, 2020

The role anthropologists play in facilitating economic growth, designing and implementation of specific policies and plans whether at the level of the state, donor agencies or indigenous social movements. There are several works anthropological in nature which focus on the social and cultural effects of economic change. Consultants 3.

Anthropology 130

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ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2023

That little girl went on to study math and economics in college, then became a math teacher and a teacher-coach. And that was another real experience that showed me what advocacy can do. So it’s advocacy that really changed my life. It seemed to her that Nicole, a Black girl, was being ignored by her teacher, a white woman.

Advocacy 105

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ED Surge

JUNE 7, 2023

I interviewed five women — all Central American immigrants — in Spanish, and with support from Early Edge California , a statewide policy and advocacy organization I interned for, I paid each participant a stipend for their time. There are millions of FFN providers. That’s an important step forward for this sector of the workforce.

Government 85

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Raoul Contreras, a professor who leads the Latino studies program housed in the minority studies department, notes that in the last year, the school cut a Puerto Rican history class he taught. Anel Chavez, a recent graduate of Indiana University Northwest, picks up an application for the school’s business and economics graduate program.

Social Justice 108

Social Justice High School Tutoring Advocacy 108

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2016

Half a million, or about one in four, show up on campuses each fall not ready to take college courses in math or English, according to the advocacy organization Education Reform Now. That’s a feat a surprising number of high school graduates fail to accomplish.

High School 75

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

Social Studies 127

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Experts — and history — suggest that school districts need much more than what federal and state governments have provided so far. When we think about the amount of money and resources needed to navigate a state and federal economic crisis, the first package was not nearly enough,” he said. Schools in the U.S.

Public School 125

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Mississippi teenagers Jashun Griffith and Trevion Williams know more than the basics about their state’s civil rights history, but they said they didn’t learn most of what they know in school. The students’ experience was part summer camp, part church retreat, part activist organizing conference and part history mini-course.

History 78

History Teaching Social Justice Advocacy 78

ED Surge

JUNE 8, 2023

Stuck in Limbo In a recently released report , immigration advocacy organization FWD.us She went on to earn her bachelor’s degree in history and then her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction with a focus on English language arts. It’s there that he earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School.

Education 102

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There is a long history of underinvesting in education — and economic opportunity operations as a whole — within the department,” Cloud said. Curt Coy, who was the VA’s deputy under secretary for economic opportunity from 2011 until his retirement in late 2017, said it was hard to find resources for veterans’ educational issues.

Economics 73

Economics Government Advocacy Education 73

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Because we had that history, because we knew what a well-functioning higher education system could do, we aspire to that again.”. But in the coming decades, politicians of both parties would respond to economic downturns by cutting higher education funding, causing tuition to rise.

Education 98

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

Some have put students deeply in debt while routinely post dismal graduation rates, amid a history of investigations by state and federal agencies, including many that have led to substantial financial settlements. Online colleges “have a running start, especially now, when there’s an economic downturn keeping people in their homes.

Economics 89

Economics Advocacy Government History 89

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Protecting academic freedom and freedom of expression is crucial—especially given the widespread silencing of Palestinian human rights advocacy. They persist in part because Ramle remains peripheral in contrast to economic centers like Tel Aviv or symbolic centers like Jerusalem. We can and must do more.

Anthropology 128

Anthropology Human Rights Humanities Cultures 128

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. Keith Krueger, chief executive officer of the Consortium for School Networking, a technology advocacy group, calls the digital divide in the US “the civil rights issue” of our time.

K-12 82

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

But he also sees in the school’s decline a long history of white leaders, conservative and liberal, repeatedly asking black families to accept failure for their children. Fuller launched his chief advocacy arm for school choice, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning, housed at Marquette University, more than two decades ago.

Charter School 100

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2016

“Once you agree to accept federal funds for anything, you have to comply with all federal laws,” said Donald Heller, provost at the University of San Francisco, whose research focuses on educational economics, public policy, and finance and who has testified to Congress about college access and financial aid.

Government 50

Government Human Rights K-12 Advocacy 50

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Fourth graders in the state from almost every racial and economic background improved their scores on the exam. The nonprofit advocacy group EdBuild’s recommendations to increase funding for students who are impoverished, have a disability or are learning English “made sense,” Wright added. “It

Private School 137

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 2, 2024

Now, I can say improve the lives of African Americans, but I’m real clear on the history. Outside of her education initiatives, Prentiss addressed economic issues after the Republican-led senate refused to put a bill on the floor to raise the minimum wage. shared the following quotes and stories about her life.

Social Justice 108

Social Justice Civics Leadership Economics 108

Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

The panelists draw on diverse research methods to support their claims, including text analysis, life histories, and differences-in-differences regression. Carr and Van Hulle study how municipal boundaries affect equity in land-use, tax, and economic development policy, with a focus in Cook County, Illinois. Trojahn et al.

Political Science 51

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 51

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2024

Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland, worked with members of the child care advocacy community to draft bipartisan legislation that would, for the first time, establish national safety standards for child care. Three state ones, of the criminal history, sex offender and child abuse registries. She got to work. Burr and then-Sen.

Advocacy 100

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

No doubt, there is a long history of violence in the region — including the Oct. One cannot understand this tragedy without acknowledging its history. Students need to examine how the current crisis is shaped in large part by settler colonial history, and the role played by world powers. context and shared cultural history.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

history, Americans may be about to elect a president whose signature issue is early childhood. “If As a young attorney, she worked for the Children’s Defense Fund, an advocacy group. And yet, the kitchen table economics of the new American reality make less sense than ever. Read the whole series. For the first time in U.S.

Government 60

Government Advocacy Economics Leadership 60

ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2024

Another poll earlier this year by the Small Business Majority, an advocacy organization with 85,000 members, had similar findings : A third have lost revenue and earnings because of employees’ child care challenges. In 2023, child care cost families $11,582 on average, according to Child Care Aware, a national advocacy organization.

Advocacy 122

Advocacy Government Economics American History 122

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

He described Afghanistan as “a country that has never once in its entire history been a united country and is made up—and I don’t mean this in a derogatory [way]—made up of different tribes who have never, ever, ever gotten along with one another.” withdrawal from Afghanistan and the country’s collapse to the Taliban in 2021.

Heritage 92

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